Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology

Ashlie Ake

MS, Kansas State University

Mentor: Dr. Dana Vanlandingham

Rebecca Bigelow

BS, Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M
MS, Animal Science, West Texas A&M University

Research Field: Pathobiology

Mentor: Drs. Brad White & Phillip Lancaster

Hometown: Bushland, TX

Research Project: Liver abscesses in beef-on-dairy cattle

Dashzeveg Bold

DVM, Mongolian State University of Agriculture
MS, Mongolian State University of Agriculture

Research Field: Virology - FMDV, ASFV, CSFV, SARS-CoV-2

Mentor: Dr. Richt

Hometown: Uliastai, Mongolia

Research Project: Developing serological diagnostics for viral diseases, e.g., FMD, ASF, CSF, COVID-19

Konner Cool

BS, Microbiology and Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences, Kansas State University (2017)
MS, Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Kansas State University (2020)
Graduate certificate in Agricultural Biosecurity Research, Kansas State University (2020)

Research Field: Virology, Diagnostics

Major Professor: Dr. Juergen Richt

Hometown: Manhattan, KS

Research Project: Investigate the susceptibility and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in domestic and wild animals

Vanessa De Aguiar Veloso

MS, Beef Cattle Nutrition, Kansas State University
DVM, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil

Research Field: Outcomes Research & Epidemiology

Major Professor: Dr. Natalia Cernicchiaro

Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Research Project: Bovine Respiratory Disease, Japanese Encephalitis Virus, and others.

Torre Dunlea

BS, Biology, UTSA
Master's in Epidmiology of Infectious Diseases and AMR, University of Glasgow

Research Field: Veterinary Pathobioloy, Epidemiology

Mentor: Michael Sanderson

Hometown: Helotes, TX

Research Project: Quantitative Risk Estimation of FMD transmission following cattle movements during an outbreak

Stephen Edache

DVM, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (Nigeria)
MSc, Kansas State University

Research Field: Outcomes Research and Epidemiology

Major Professor: Dr. Natalia Cernicchiaro

Hometown: Plateau State, Nigeria

Research Project: Understanding and modeling transmission of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in swine population

Luis Feitoza

DVM, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeira

Research Field: Feedlot Cattle Veterinary Diagnostics

Major professor: Dr. Brad White

Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Research project: Developing methods of chute-side diagnostics for Bovine Respiratory Diseases (BP, BIP, AIP)

Daniel Madden

BS, Agriculture 2011, Kansas State University
DVM, Kansas State University
MS, Veterinary Biomedical Sciences 2021, Kansas State University

Research Field: Virology and Pathobiology

Mentor: Dr. Jürgen Richt

Hometown: Topeka, KS

Research Project: African swine fever virus immunology.

Jayden McCall

DVM/PhD, Pathobiology
MPH, Infectious Diseases/Zoonoses, Kansas State University

Research Field: Immunology, Vaccine Development

Mentor: Dr. Mwangi

Hometown: Valley Center, KS

Research Project: Protective antigen identification for African Swine Fever Virus.

Saurav Pantha

MS, Kansas State University

Mentor: Dr. Santosh Dhakal

MaRyka Smith

DVM, Kansas State University
BS, Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University

Research Field: Pathobiology

Mentor: Dr. Mike Sanderson

Hometown: Hoyt, KS

Research Project: Foot and Mouth Disease Modeling